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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paul doing when his secret appeared for the first time?

2. When did Paul's secret start?

3. What word does Paul use to describe the progress of his secret?

4. What does Paul think the snow is in Part 2?

5. What leans over the garden walls on Paul's walk home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two examples of how Paul views the outside world on his walk home from school?

2. What does the doctor have Paul do to test his eyes, and what is the result?

3. How does Part 3 end, and what is the new sound that Paul hears?

4. What is it that the snow informs Paul he will see, and why?

5. What does Paul surprisingly say at the end of his examination, and why does it cause everyone to become silent?

6. How is Paul's last response to his mother surprisingly looked at in his own mind?

7. How does Paul feel during the doctor's questioning, and what does he compare himself to?

8. How does the snow describe the story it is about to tell Paul as Silent Snow, Secret Snow ends, and what does the story represent?

9. Who is Deirdre, and what does she illustrate for Paul?

10. What are some of the descriptions Paul uses to explain how important his secret is in Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Deirdre. What do her character traits represent for Paul? Why does she try to get his attention? What does his response indicate? In general, how does Deirdre illustrate Paul's disconnect with the world he knows? Why is that important to the theme of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the snow's role in Paul's examination, and how does it appear different than it did earlier? What does the snow do for the first time in Part 3, and how does that display a severe problem for Paul? What effect does the snow have on Paul while he is being questioned, and what are the orders it gives him? What do they reveal?

Essay Topic 3

What does the lesson Paul is sitting in contrast? Why does the author choose this as the place to start his story? In detail, describe the ways that Miss Buell's lesson provides a representation of reality and how Paul is lost in another world. How is the topic of the lesson significant? Why does it help the reader to understand Paul's fascination with snow? Use specific examples of events from Part 1 to support your analysis.

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